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Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It will be something of a crossbred speech if I cannot give two minutes to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and two minutes to Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: A very unusual creature.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am happy to do that.

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: In the brief few minutes I have, to follow the debate we had last night and the debate we are all having because this is critical for the entire country, urban and rural, I argued last night that we need a national land use plan. The Minister came back and stated that he cannot tell farmers what to do. I do not want to tell farmers what to do. We need farmers who are innovative and good...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We should not read too much into the fact that there were not banks of Members here: I did not expect them. One reason for this is that we are united in this House on a core point in this Brexit issue, namely, the core principle of what we stand for. When we all voted in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement, to remove of Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution, we were voting for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with that point. The Chairman was being slightly political earlier when looking in my direction he mentioned a future Government might not fund a road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I got the distinct impression he was. I assure the committee that the first priority for the Green Party is the threat of air pollution to our children and looking after the environment. There is an environmental issue with regard to this project in that the original planning permission was, I would imagine, done under Part 8 in 2001. An Bord Pleanála decided to ignore the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is TII concerned-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. The council has raised concerns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The council has raised concerns about the effect on a raised bog of the construction of a road through it. Is TII confident that if the road will go through the bog, TII is safe from appeals to Europe that it is in breach of the European habitats directive and a range of other environmental directives? Is the organisation concerned that 20 years on from the original plan the critical nature...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Did the result of the screening mean that, as part of this new Part 8 permission, on this occasion the council would include within it an environmental impact assessment to protect it against possible environmental challenge in Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The main concern was that access back to the town for local residents was catered for. Does the proposed or likely rerouting that TII might consider, or the change of junctions and so on, lead any redirection of the road away from the raised bog area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: N52 Ardee Bypass: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We are 20 years on from the initial screening exercise and must consider protection of natural habitats, particularly the ongoing diminishment of habitats in contravention of annex 1 of the habitats directive. Did the screening process raise any new concerns regarding the risk to this scheme being in breach of European environmental directives? Was that raised when this new screening...

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I begin by thanking our researcher, Sinéad Mercier, who has done all the work on this Bill. She did a fantastic job on bringing together the thinking of our discussions with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and unions including SIPTU and Mandate, as well as local communities who have been engaged in really difficult transitions,...

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I could not agree more with the Minister. Debate is healthy. It is the lifeblood of this place and the voters decide. We will put it to the people. I think I have my poster designed for the upcoming election, which is not that far away. It will be a quote from the Minister's earlier contribution to the debate when he said, "This goes way beyond what is envisaged." It does because we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department has in the management of cybersecurity threats; the way in which he co-ordinates this work with other Departments; and if, in his view, there is a sufficient level of cybersecurity resourcing and preparedness. [38499/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for missing the introduction. I did not realise the questions were being grouped. I heard the Minister of State's words of confidence towards the end of his contribution. Having spoken with some people in the industry at a recent conference, they highlighted the various insecurities in our system. I wonder, specifically, where is this co-ordinated within government? The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: In regard to the cross-departmental preparations for a possible no-deal Brexit, one of the areas where preparation is needed is the area of cybersecurity. We know from the Edward Snowden revelations and others that all digital information leaving Ireland is accessible from Government Communications Headquarters, GCHQ. While in the past we have had a co-operative arrangement with the UK,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (24 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service may have in the designation and protection of marine protected areas; and if the Naval Service would have capacity to ensure the integrity of such areas. [38500/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: People know my view-----